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GENNARO ROSSI, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO LUIGIMARESGA, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

PAINT COMPOSITION.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 229,473, dated June 29,1880.

Application filed November 13, 1879.

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The composition is prepared as follows: of refined petroleum, fourgallons; boiled linseed-oil, one-half gallon; beeswax, one and one-halfpound; sugar of lead, one pound; garlic'juice, one-half pound; milk ofsulphur, two pounds; cayenne pepper, one pound; tallow, one pound. Theseingredients will make five gallons of the composition. All except themilk of sulphur are mixed together and 20 boiled for about an hour, thenstrained, and when te'pid the milk of sulphur is added. A pasty mass isformed that may be used with any ordinary paint of any preferred color,and which may be readily applied with a brush. 7 2

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I claim as new is- The described paint composition,consisting of refined petroleum, boiled linseed-oil, 3o beeswax, sugarof lead, garlic-juice, milk of sulphur, cayenne pepper, and tallow, inabout the proportions specified.

GENNARO Rossr.

Witnesses GEo. D. WALKER, CHAS. SEDewIcK.

